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A bewildered father holding a mountain of unnecessary baby items while his twins look on.

The Great Baby Accessories Delusion: What Parents Actually Need

I'm currently staring at a twenty-pound velvet baby fedora. I found it in a plastic storage tub at the back of our loft, resting gently atop a pristine, battery-operated wipe warmer. This box is essentially an archaeological dig of my...

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Dear Past Jess: How to Actually Win a Bio Babykleidung Sale

Dear Jess from six months ago. You’re currently sitting on the floor of the nursery, staring at a mountain of stained, weirdly stiff fast-fashion onesies, crying because the new baby is coming in three weeks and our bank account is...

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A dad staring confused at a massive pile of complicated baby shower gifts

Decoding The Perfect Infant Gift Set Without Crashing Your System

I'm currently staring at a miniature denim jacket that features six fully functional, incredibly stiff metal buttons. My son is eleven months old now, but when he was a newborn, someone handed us a beautifully wrapped box containing this rigid...

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The Chili's Parking Lot Blowout: A Real Guide to Baby T-Shirts

I was sitting in the driver's seat of my Honda CR-V in a Chili's parking lot, staring at my four-month-old firstborn, Carter, and seriously contemplating just leaving my favorite diaper bag in the car and walking home. It was 98...

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Hunting Down The Discontinued Baby Jogger Vue: A Dad's Reality

I'm currently crouched behind a faux-reclaimed wood table at a Portland coffee shop, obsessively refreshing Facebook Marketplace on my phone while my 11-month-old attempts to deep-throat a cork coaster. Before I became a dad, my entire philosophy on gear was...

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A blue winter sleep sack on a crib mattress next to a folded organic baby blanket and a monitor.

Surviving cold nights: winter sleeping bag for newborn babies

It was two in the morning during that freak Texas freeze a few years back, and I was standing over my oldest son Jackson’s bassinet with my bare hand hovering an inch from his nose, just praying to feel a...

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The Baby Sweater Survival Guide: How Not to Overcook Your Child

"Put a hat on her, she’s losing heat!" shouted an elderly woman at the bus stop, gesturing wildly at Maya (who was currently sweating through her vest and trying to eat a discarded bus ticket). Ten minutes later, a bloke...

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The babyzimmer ausstattung myth: Building a nursery that works

I was sitting on the floor surrounded by thirty-four identical pieces of Scandinavian engineered wood, staring at an Allen key that had already stripped two vital screws, when the true absurdity of outfitting a room for an infant finally hit...

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The Biggest Myth About Your Infant Long Sleeve Shirt

So there I was, sweating through a completely inappropriate gray heather t-shirt on a park bench in mid-July. I had my third iced coffee of the day sweating right along with me in the cup holder of the stroller. Leo...

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